Sponsored by TargetIt is starting to get to that festive time of year when our social calendar is getting very busy. There are lots of friends to catch up with - BBQ's, dinners, and casual gatherings to attend. We are often told not to bring … [Read more...]
Cheesecake Brownies
I love Sundays spent with my family. After a busy morning in the garden, spreading mulch, the Man of the House and I went to the movies this afternoon. While we were out, Sarah baked up a batch of Cheesecake Brownies for our dessert, while Mr 18 … [Read more...]
Chocolate Spoons
Chocolate spoons are loads of fun to prepare. Who doesn't enjoy creating with chocolate and candy canes?We are making up a big batch of chocolate covered spoons to include with our Hot Chocolate Mix this Christmas. Chocolate Spoons are lovely swirled … [Read more...]
Paper Christmas Tree
We found the perfect red gingham cupcake liners (patty pans) for our Christmas baking, and discovered we had plenty of other patty pans in Christmas colours in our ever growing stash so it was time to put some of them to use! We created some Paper … [Read more...]
Christmas Paper Crafts + {Giveaway} Win a Cricut Mini Digital Cutter
Making decorations and gifts for Christmas, is our favourite type of craft! At this time of year, our Cricut machine gets a good work out - making Christmas tags, cards, decorations, favour boxes, table decorations, and gifts. One of the best … [Read more...]
BBQ Grill Mitt and Towel
Now that the weather is warming up, we are starting to think about eating outdoors and BBQ's in our part of the world. We have spent the past few weekends in the garden - weeding, fertilising and pruning - so everything looks ready for our summer … [Read more...]
Updated Templates for A Spoonful of Sugar Tutorials
Thanks to everyone that has let us know over the past week that they haven't been able to access our templates on Scribd. Apparently it is no longer a free service unless you are a regular uploader. Our lovely Facebook friends, gave us some … [Read more...]
Double Chocolate Brownies
This weekend has been a busy one for Sarah with a school camp on Friday night; work on Saturday and Sunday; not to mention exam study. She was determined to squeeze in a bit of baking so opted for a quick and easy Brownie. One of the best things … [Read more...]
{Book Reviews} Handmade Christmas & Stitch and Sew Home
The best time of the year to buy craft books is around Mother's Day and Christmas - this seems to be when all the choice titles are released. This year is no exception - we have some fabulous titles to review over the next few weeks. Today's titles … [Read more...]
Words to Live By
I have been looking back on photos from our family holiday to Japan in 2011. Japan in winter is a beautiful place and we have so much fun on our family trips. I have been adding some inspirational words to scenery photos from Nikko. We were there on … [Read more...]
Gingham Stars
I remember making Christmas decorations with my Mum and Nan when I was a child. They were usually made from materials we had on hand - such as paper, recycled Christmas cards, wool, fabric etc. Making decorations each year adds to the excitement and … [Read more...]
10 Easy Christmas Gift Tags and Cards
We love to make Gift Cards from recycled supplies or items already in our craft stash. Since we began A Spoonful of Sugar back in 2008, we have made a variety of Christmas gift cards. It was fun going back through our archives to see all the … [Read more...]
